Hey, welcome to my weplay page! I'm pretty excited to be here, playing around on weplay.com! And I'm really looking forward to connecting with all of you out there. I have already gotten to know a lot of the fans in New York, but I am looking forward to making new friends all over the country.

The Major League Baseball regular season is finally here and I'm anxious to get started. It's the last season ever in Yankee Stadium, and nothing would be better than to end the year with another World Championship. Of course, we've got 162 regular-season games to focus on first, but I'll be sure to keep you updated throughout the year on weplay.com. I'm might even share a little behind-the-scenes information from time to time.

Even though I've been busy with spring training and getting ready for the season, I was still able to dig up some good stuff to post here. I bet you didn't know I wasn't just a baseball player when I was a kid. There are some of my pictures and home movies up here already, playing everything from basketball to soccer ... and even a little baseball, too. But I didn't want to put it all up at once plus I'm sure there's a lot more I haven't found yet. Which means you should definitely check out my personal weplay page frequently to see more.

I'll even make some time to keep you updated with a blog here and there, some games, fun facts, schedules and a whole lot more. And if you upload videos and photos to your weplay page, I can check you out and see how you're doing, too. I love my teammates in New York, but this is your chance to make me your teammate here at weplay. So I'll see you around the weplay block! Now let's play ball...

Derek